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Southeast Asia

WildHealthNet Southeast Asia: Operationalizing Wildlife Health Surveillance for One Health

Lucy

Keatts

Multi-sectoral network building for monitoring wildlife diseases for One Health

Supporting Skills Development for Surveillance and Monitoring of Wildlife Disease

Technology for Wildlife Surveillance Data Collection, Sharing and Management

Effective One Health Response and Interventions to Wildlife Events

Southeast Asia

WildHealthNet Southeast Asia: Operationalizing Wildlife Health Surveillance for One Health

Lucy

Keatts

Multi-sectoral network building for monitoring wildlife diseases for One Health

Supporting Skills Development for Surveillance and Monitoring of Wildlife Disease

Technology for Wildlife Surveillance Data Collection, Sharing and Management

Effective One Health Response and Interventions to Wildlife Events

Southeast Asia

WildHealthNet Southeast Asia: Operationalizing Wildlife Health Surveillance for One Health

Lucy

Keatts

Multi-sectoral network building for monitoring wildlife diseases for One Health

Supporting Skills Development for Surveillance and Monitoring of Wildlife Disease

Technology for Wildlife Surveillance Data Collection, Sharing and Management

Effective One Health Response and Interventions to Wildlife Events

Local Capacity Building for Safe Sampling and Testing of Wildlife Carcasses

With limited funding for wildlife surveillance and veterinary medicine in the country, and limited access for subsistence communities to adequate health care, increasing awareness of the importance of wildlife health as it pertains to human and livestock health at local, provincial, and central levels is essential. Introducing preventative approaches and building local capacity for wildlife surveillance is key to reducing human health risks from contact with wildlife. Bringing diagnostic capacity from other nations into the country itself and ultimately to the carcass side enables better local engagement and rapid response and mitigation efforts in the case of detection of a pathogen of concern

- Long-term external financial support for the development of the wildlife health sector including surveillance and diagnostics

- Long-term funding to develop the capacity of communities to engage in preventative approaches, participatory surveillance and wildlife sampling

- The interest of the host government to develop wildlife health capacity and designation of time and personnel availability to be trained

Enhancing local understanding of the importance of wildlife health for human and livestock health and developing local capacity to conduct effective wildlife surveillance is critical to achieving sustained One Health benefits

Documentation and dissemination of results

Creating sustainable networks for reporting and response to wildlife mortality

Taking the time to develop effective systems for reporting from remote areas (e.g. local human networks or cell-phone based if available) and ensuring a centralized team that responds to reports and communicates findings to communities is vital for the long-term success of such wildlife mortality monitoring networks

- Good relationships and networks from local to district to the provincial and central levels

- Good coordination across multiple sectors from local to national levels

- Financial and human capacity to respond effectively and in a timely manner to mortality reports

- Access to communication tools e.g. cell phones

If communities don't see effective response or communication with them on findings, they are unlikely to continue to participate in surveillance efforts. Taking the time to build efficient, sustainable multi-sectoral networks with key stakeholders is essential

Documentation and dissemination of results

West and Central Africa

Wildlife Mortality Monitoring Network for Human and Wildlife Health

Lucy

Keatts

Building Trust with Local Communities

Creating sustainable networks for reporting and response to wildlife mortality

Local Capacity Building for Safe Sampling and Testing of Wildlife Carcasses

West and Central Africa

Wildlife Mortality Monitoring Network for Human and Wildlife Health

Lucy

Keatts

Building Trust with Local Communities

Creating sustainable networks for reporting and response to wildlife mortality

Local Capacity Building for Safe Sampling and Testing of Wildlife Carcasses

West and Central Africa

Wildlife Mortality Monitoring Network for Human and Wildlife Health

Lucy

Keatts

Building Trust with Local Communities

Creating sustainable networks for reporting and response to wildlife mortality

Local Capacity Building for Safe Sampling and Testing of Wildlife Carcasses

Implementation of Effective Control Strategies for Disease Spillover From Livestock to Wildlife

Multi-sectoral coordination, and communication and coordination with local communities, are essential to clearly and simply share findings of surveillance and why specific management strategies have been developed and are recommended for implementation. This would include, for example, vaccination of domestic livestock for PPR in areas where their range overlaps with that of significant wildlife populations, protecting livestock health, and reducing the risk of spillover to wild ungulates.

Financial support for vaccination or other management strategies; good coordination and communication between sectors; good communication and relationships with local communities of herders; access to vaccines and appropriate storage capability; human capacity to implement effective vaccination campaign.

Open lines of communication between relevant government sectors and between government and communities as well as and their understanding of the disease epidemiology is essential to implement effective disease control strategies that address the concerns of all stakeholders involved.

Documentation and dissemination of results

Local Capacity Building for Management of Disease at the Wildlife-Livestock Interface

Many nations have limited funding for wildlife health surveillance so developing this capacity and the knowledge of wildlife health and disease epidemiology as it pertains to the wildlife-livestock interface at the local, provincial and central levels is vital for sustained surveillance and for the true value of this surveillance to be realized including its use to implement wildlife-friendly interventions that also support improved livestock health.

External and governmental financial support for development of wildlife health sector including surveillance and diagnostics; interest of host government to develop wildlife health capacity; time and personnel availability to be trained

Developing local capacity for wildlife health surveillance is critical for sustainability of such efforts and sustained One Health benefits

Documentation and dissemination of results